30 Day Baseball Card Challenge

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Buried Treasure

Sorting cards can sometimes be therapeutic. This afternoon wasn't one of those times.I'm usually pretty good about staying on top of my office clutter, but I've put off this cleaning assignment for a few months and the stacks of cards really piled up.I found remnants of blaster boxes opened back in August. There were cards I set aside months ago for care packages as well as cards I've received from fellow bloggers. I even found cards I purchased back in June at the Serramonte Card Show.Butone card really made today's two-plus hour sort worth while. Sitting at the bottom of one of the stacks in a magnetic holder was this beauty:

1999 Skybox Autographics #NNO

I purchased this Gwynn for $40 before the start of summer from my buddy Ben. Mr. Padresigned for a lot of products over the years, but some of them are more desirable (at least to me) than others. This is one of those cards. I have wanted this card since its release nearly two decades ago.Today's sports card sort was far from therapeutic, but the clutter is gone and I was able to find a little buried treasure. All in all... it was worth the time invested. Now all I need to do is wrap up all of the care packages I've been meaning to build and ship out. But that'll have to wait until at least next weekend.Happy Sunday and sayonara!

About Me

I've been collecting cardboard off and on since the early 80's. I'm presently collecting. But who knows what the future holds in store for me.
One thing is for certain... I'll have my blog to help relive some of my favorite hobby moments.